there 89 guns in america per 100 residents, the highest in the world. the size and health of this industry cannot be overstated. brooke? >> we roll on to the top of the hour. a lot to get here including the standoff over your taxes. here's what we are hearing now. there could be a vote on john boehner's fiscal cliff plan b tonight as president obama threatens to veto it. plus the man expected to be secretary of state questions the department he could soon take over. all that was in a moment, but first this blizzard blowing out of the heart land is putting a freeze on the rush to get home for the holidays. here's the radar. a huge storm of volatile storms. a deadly storm as well. you have rain out front and then heavy, blowy snow extending from missouri to michigan. look at this with me. car after car after car. this is why you need to think twice about driving should you be in the path of this storm. this is kansas city. no one going anywhere there. we have reports of at least one death in this chain collision crash. this is i-35 near port dodge, iowa.